Our government says that you should cook a whole chicken until the temperature measured in the thigh is 180Â°F (82Â°C). If you cook chicken pieces, the government says, the thigh, wings, and drumsticks should be 180Â°F, while the breast should reach 170Â°F (77Â°C).
It's made by cooking down the starch, and then acid and/or enzymes break the starch down even further. Maltodextrin is a white powder often used in processed foods as a thickener or a filler since it's fairly inexpensive, as well as in pharmaceuticals as a binding agent. You'll find it in canned fruits, snacks, cereal, desserts, instant pudding, sauces, and salad dressings.
Maltodextrin research finds that some individuals are intolerant of maltodextrin. Maltodextrin is a chemically altered variation of dextrin. It is not sugar, dextrose, or dextrin. It is not a laxative. It is being used as a starch, an artificial sweetener, and a filler. It's being added in the manufacture of diapers, lipstick, cement, most vitamins & processed foods. It is readily digestible for most individuals.